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annaavian's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
I didn't find anything captivating in this story, it had nothing to do with horror. There were too many unnecessary baseball details. Overall, a waste of time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Vomit
cartermon4's review
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Grief and Gore
f18's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent
Minor: Grief
lyfeinpr0gress's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
devynreadsnovels's review
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
haleybre's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
rhyanreads's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a great short story. At first, I wasn't sure if I was going to like it because it mentions the pandemic, and I don't like books with modern references because I am trying to read to forget. However, the book ended up being really great and I wish it had been longer!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
midnightrose_reads's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.75
The fourth Creature Feature story, this time by Paul Tremblay.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
k_rose95's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Just a reminder of why Paul Tremblay is one of my favorite authors.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Child death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Pandemic/Epidemic
minimicropup's review
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Captivating, confident, imaginative
We hear from an eccentric charter boat operator and his experience as a child one summer in the 1980s, told during an interview with a local reporter.
🇺🇸 Set in the Cape Cod canal region of Massachusetts, USA
🐺🐕 Growls, Howls, and Tail Wags:
🍿 The narration was like how movie narrations work, where our MC is setting the scene and telling the tale in their own voice. It made me feel like I was watching a movie and the pacing was good.
🤔 Jimmy really spins the story and sometimes seems like he's exaggerating, which is effective for creating suspense. Is Jimmy just lonely and trying to keep the reporter, Heidi, interested? Or is he diminishing what happened because it's too hard to explain? The setting was well chosen too for making it so people can't just run away in any direction.
🤗 I would have liked to spend more time with this story, but it wasn't rushed or too short for me either. I love how the author fit in Jimmy's past and his relationship with his father, the baseball game, the energy at the park, and the horrors to come.
😮💨 Everything culminates in an open-ending. It was bittersweet. Hit hard with the fears and feels, but I also wanted to know more about all the characters and how thing turn out.
🍿 The narration was like how movie narrations work, where our MC is setting the scene and telling the tale in their own voice. It made me feel like I was watching a movie and the pacing was good.
🤔 Jimmy really spins the story and sometimes seems like he's exaggerating, which is effective for creating suspense. Is Jimmy just lonely and trying to keep the reporter, Heidi, interested? Or is he diminishing what happened because it's too hard to explain? The setting was well chosen too for making it so people can't just run away in any direction.
🤗 I would have liked to spend more time with this story, but it wasn't rushed or too short for me either. I love how the author fit in Jimmy's past and his relationship with his father, the baseball game, the energy at the park, and the horrors to come.
😮💨 Everything culminates in an open-ending. It was bittersweet. Hit hard with the fears and feels, but I also wanted to know more about all the characters and how thing turn out.
Mood Reading Match Up:
- Plot revolving around a baseball game
- Nature's revenge microbial scientific/evolutionary horror
- Commentary on climate change, environmental ethics, and effect of man-made imbalances in nature
- Dusting of friends-to-lovers romance
Content Heads-Up: Drowning. Death of a child. Death of a parent. Toxic masculinity. Poisoning. Natural disaster.
Format: Kindle Unlimited
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Child death
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